Shoe cleaning and shining machine.



No. 868,620. PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907. J. M. WOLKOSKY, F. MAGIDSON, S.PRINTZ & A. WOLKOSKY.

SHOE CLEANING AND SHINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) JUNE 16. 1906.

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J. M. WOLKOSKY, F. MAGIDSON, S. PRINTZ & A. WOLKOSKY. SHOE CLEANING ANDSHI'NING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 16. 1906.

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No. 868,620. PATENTED OUT 15, 1907. J. M. WOLKOSKY, P. MAGIDSON, S.PRINTZ & A. WOLKOSKY. SHOE CLEANING AND SHINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 1906.

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' 'SHOE CLEANING AND SHINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1906.

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I WITNESSES i: ll W H HIIIIIH -4a w IINITED STATES IZATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH M. WOLKOSKY, FRANK MAGIDSON, SAMUEL PRINTZ, AND ABRAHAM WOLKOSKY,OF IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO WESTMORELAND AUTOMATIC MACHINE COM-PANY, OF IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE CLEANING AND SHINING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct, 15-, 19,07.

Application filed June 16, 1906. Serial No. 322,012.

v MAGIDSON, SAMUEL Pmurz, and ABRAHAM WotKosKY,

of Irwin, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful inner end view, and Fig. 10 a view incross-section of A Improvements in Shoe Cleaning and Shining Machines;and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

. Our invention relates to improvements in shoe cleaning and shiningmachines, an object of the invention being to provide an improvedarrangement of brushes and operating mechanism therefor to thoroughlyclean and polish the shoes, all of which mechanism being controlled bythe insertion of a coin or check.

A further object is to provide an improved power driven mechanism ofthis character having improved.

means for automatically stopping the motor and locking the parts ininoperative position.

A further object is to provide improved automatically controlledmechanism for applying liquid polish to the shoe after the shoe has beencleaned and then thoroughly shine the shoe. 1

A further object is to provide parallel rotary brushes for cleaning andpolishing the sides and back of the shoe and provide an improved rotarybrush moved back and forth over the toe portion of the shoe to clean andpolish thesame.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in front elevationwith the casing broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view with parts of theoperating mechanism removed Figs. 3, 4, 7, and 10 are views of the brushand brush actuating mechanism removed from the casing; Fig. 3 being atop plan view, Fig. 4 a similar view oi the mechanism beneath the brush,Fig. 7 an the brush carrying frames together with parts of the basemechanism. Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical longitiidinal sectional views ofthe base of the machine and its contained mechanism, Fig. 5 illustratingthenormal position of the parts when out of operation, and Fig. 6

- .the same'when operating upon a shoe. Fig. 8 is'a secview of the leverfor locking the chain of gearing in starting position. Fig. 16 is adetail view of the upper portion of the toe-brush operating leverand'carn. Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the machine. Figs. 15 and 16are detail views of the circuit-closing contact operated upon thedepression of the foot-rest, Fig. 16 being a section on line X-X of Fig.15.

1 represents the upright portion of our improved machine casing and 2the base portion thereof. This casing may be made of various shapes andornamented in any desired manner and we do not restrict ourselves inthis particular.

In the base portion 2 a removable base plate 3 is located and supportsthe brushes and foot rest as will now be explained. Parallel horizontalshafts 4, 4 are mounted in bearings 5 on base plate 3 andrectangularbrush carrying frames 6 are hinged or-fulcrumed on theseshafts 4 and carry shafts 7 on which the side brushes 8 are secured andsprocket chains 8 connect sprocket wheels on the shafts 4 and 7 tocompel them to turn together. These brushes are so shaped as to conformto the general outline of the sides of a shoe and to clean the back ofthe shoe as the brushes are slightly enlarged at their rear ends andwill brushall around the back of the shoe when the intermediate bristlesare more or less compressed against the sides of the shoe.

Cross bars 9 are secured to the lower members of brush frames 6 and theinner ends of these bars 9 overlap so that when the underlying bar 9 islocked by its spring catch 10, both' brush frames will be held at anangle away from the foot rest 11 between them. This catch is operated bya bell-crank 37 to be hereinafter explained and a spring 10 exerts apull on one bar 9 to draw the frames 6 toward each other. The foot rest11 comprises a board or plate with foot form 12 thereon and is made witha depending lug 13 pivotally connected by curved links, 14 with astandard 15 on base plate 3, and these links 14 are connected by acoiled spring 16 to normally hold the foot rest elevated and projectedup into position to close an opening in the top 17 of base portion 2 ofthe casing. The links 14 compel the foot rest, when depressed to movedown in a horizontal position but the downward movement of the foot restis normally prevented by a spring held pivoted finger 18 on the lowerlink 14. This finger 18, when the foot rest is elevated will moveagainst a. shoulder 19, forming a lock, which prevents any downwardmovement of foot rest, until a sliding guide bar 20 is drawn in positionbeneath the finger 18 to guide it over the shoulder 19 and permit thefoot restto lower, and a spring 20 tends to move the guide to thisposition. When the foot rest is forced down to its lowest position, theforwardly projecting end of the lower link 14 will move into abifurcated bracket 21 on base plate 3 and be caughtby a spring catch 22and held locked in lowered position during the polishing operation, theguide bar 20 and spring catch 22 being connected to ahd operated by abellcrank 36 as will hereinafter appear.

Across the inner end of base plate 3 a horizontal shaft 23 is supportedin bearings 24 and connected by beveled gears 25 with the shafts 4, tocompel all of said shafts to turn together. A frame 26 is pivoted on thecentral portion of shaft 23, and carries a shaft 27 and sprocket wheelson said shafts 23 and 27 are connected by a chain 28. A toe brush frame29 is pivotally secured on shaft 27 and carries a shaft 30 at its freeend on which arotary toe brush 31 is secured and a sprocket chain 32connects sprocket wheels on the shafts 27 and 30, and an operating lever33 fulcrumed between its ends in the upright portion of easing 1 islocated in a slotted bar 34 on frame 29 and is adapted to reciprocatethe brush 31 back and forth over the toe portion of the shoe as thebrush is revolved, as will more fully hereinafter appear, and a spring34 normally holds this toe brush out of operative position.

A lever 33 is fulcrurned between its ends on base plate 3 and projectsbeneath the overlapping ends of cross bars 9 and the opposite end ofthis lever 33 is engaged by the toe brush frame so that at each forwardmovement of the toe brush the side brushes will be forced apart, so thatthe last forward movement of the toe brush will force the side brushesinto locked position, as the catch 10 will be previously released as explained in'the operation of the machine.

In the upright portion 1.of the casing two,horizontal shafts 38 and 39are supported in suitable bearings and sprocket wheels 40 thereon areconnected by a chain 41 as shown, and a belt 42 driven by an electricmotor 43 drives a pulley 44 on shaft 39 and a sprocket chain 45 connectsa sprocket wheel on shaft 38 with a sprocket wheel on shaft 23 to drivethe brushes at the proper rate of speed.

Secured in the back of the upright portion of easing 1, is a plate 46,to which a frame 47 is secured and supports a chain of gearing 48, towhich motion is transmitted by a belt 49 connecting a pulley 50 on shaft38 with. a pul ley 5] on a shaft at the lower end of the chain ofgearing 48. The-upper wheel 52 of the chain of gearing is driven at avery slow speed, and this wheel 52 controls the time of operation of thebrushes and will be hereinafter referred to as the time wheel, and thistime wheel 52 carries a finger 53 which trips the several mechanismswhich will be hereinafter explained.

The bell-crank 37 on base plate 3, is connected by a wire or rod 54 withthe free end of a pivoted lever 55 and has a coiled spring 56 betweenits ends. The lever 55 is connected by a rod 57 with a trip arm 58 and acoiled spring 56 normally holds this red 57 in its lowest position. Thefinger 53 of time wheel 52 strikes this trip arm 58, and draws rod 57,lever 55, and wire 54 upward to operate bell crank 37 and move catch 10to release the brush frames, and a spring held dog or catch 60 will moveits'lug 61 into a notch in rod 57 to hold the parts in this positionuntil the dog 60 is struck by the finger 53 as the time wheel nears itscomplete revolution to move the lug 61 out of the notch and permit theseveral springs to return the parts to their former position, and at thesame time release the catch 10.

A vertically movable rod 62 is located about the cen-,

ter of casing 1 and connected by a wire 63 with bell crank 36 and therod is normally held up by a pivoted spring held dog 64 engaging a notchin the rod. This dog 64 is connected to a vertically movable rod 65 thelatter connected at its upper end to a crank arm 66 on a crank bracket67 and the other member 68 of said bracket is operated by any approvedcheck controlled mechanism, a push bar 69 being illustrated to move thecrank bracket and depress rod 65, to release dog 64 from rod 62 andpermit the latter to fall. This rod 62 is made with a shoulder 69 whichis engaged by the finger 53 of time wheel 52 to elevate the rod 63 andreturn the parts to their normal positions.

The extreme lower end of rod 65 is connected to a bell-crank 70 and thelatter moves in the path of the upper end of a pivoted lever 71. Thelower end of lever 71 is provided with an arm 72 which isnormally heldby a spring 73 in the path of a lug 74 on pulley 51 to prevent anyturning of the chain of gearing. When the rod 65 s depressed by the coincontrolled mechanism, the bellcrank 70 will move lever 71 to throw itsarm 72 out of the path of lug 74 and permit the chain of gearing tooperate, but when the rod 65 again ascends, due to the dog 64 springinginto the notch in rod 62, the lever 71 will return the arm 72 toposition to lock the gearing. On one of the shafts of the chain of.gearing a grooved cam wheel 75 is secured and engages the upper end oflever 33 to oscillate the latter against the pull of spring 75 and movethe toe brush back and forth over the toe portion of the shoe as itrevolves. The wires 76 in electric circuit with motor 43, are broken attwo points, one in the upper portion of casing 1, and the other at thebase plate 3. In casing 1, a pivoted arm 77 carries a contact pointnormally held away from a fixed contact point 78 by the upper end of rod62, but when the latter moves downward a spring 79- forces the contacts77 and 78 together but the circuit is not closed to start the motoruntil the foot-rest is depressed, when the supporting link 14 of thelatter will press the contact points 79 together and close the circuitto start the motor. Contacts 79 are secured one above the other in slotsformed in a block 79 of insulating material, the whole being clampedtogether and secured to base 3 by screw 79". Each of the contacts 79 isformed with a lateral projection 76, and these projections extend fromopposite sides of block 79 with circuit wires 76 secured thereto. Beingin the path of link 14, the normally separated contacts 79 are pressedtogether when the link lowers upon the depression of the foot rest.

A. tank 80 to contain liquid polish is located in the upper portion ofcasing 1 and has a hose connection 81 with a perforated pipe 82 securedto the under face of the top plate of casing 2, around the openingtherein, to direct a predetermined quantity of the liquid onto the shoe.and has a trip arm 84 normally held in closed position by a spring85'and this trip arm 84 is in the path of finger 53 on time wheel 52 sothat, at the proper time, the cock 83 will be opened for an instant topermit the desired quantity of liquid to escape, and will be promptlyclosed and held closed by the spring 85.

The operation of our improvements is as follows:- When a coin or checkis dropped into position and the push bar or plunger 69 forced in, thecrank bracket 67 willbe moved to force the rod 65 downward to swing Acock 83 is locatedin the line of hose 81 bell-crank and lever 71 to movethe arm 72out of the path of the lug 74 on pulley 51 and permit thegearing to be operated. The depression of rod 65 also moves the dog 64out of the notch in rod 62, and the latter will fall, permitting contactpoints 77 and 78 to come together. The downward movement of rod 63 willpermit bell-crank 36 to be moved by the spring 20 to bring the guide 20under the pivoted finger 18 of the link 14, and the foot rest 11 can bedepressed, as the guide 20 will direct the finger'18 over the stop orshoul-.

der 19. When the foot rest is forced down to working position, thespring catch 22 will engage the forward end of lower link 14 and hold itin this position. depressing of foot rest 11 will also force the;contact points 79 together and close the electric circuit to start themotor, when motion will be transmitted to drive the chain of gearing, asabove explained, and motion will be transmitted by means of the severalsprocket chains above described, to revolve all the brushessimultaneously. As the chain of gearing starts the finger 53 on timewheel 52 will first engage trip arm 58 to elevate rod 57 and through themedium of lever 55 and wire 54 will operate bell-crank 37 to draw backspring catch 10 and release the roller frames 4, 4 thereby permittingthe latter to be moved toward each other and against the sides of theshoe, by the'spring 10. When rod 57 is elevated the dog 60 will springinto its notch in rod 57 and hold this rod elevated until released. camwheel will oscillate lever 33 and slowly move the toe brush frame 29onto and off the toe portion of the shoe and by this means the entirepolishing surface of the shoe will be thoroughly cleaned. After thebrushes have operated for a fraction of a minute on the shoe, to cleanthe same, the finger 53 on time wheel 52 will strike the trip arm 84 oncock 83 and open the cock for an instant to allow a small quantity ofthe polishing liquid to escape through base 81 and be directed byperforated tube 82 against the shoe. The brushes continuing to operateas above explained give to the-shoe the desired shine and at the propertime, the finger 53 on time wheel 52 will engage dog 60 releasing therod57, and permitting the latter to be drawn down by its spring and therebyallowing spring catch 10 to move to position to lock the brush frames 6when the latter move back. The trip finger 53 next strikes the shoulder69 onrod 62 and elevates the latter which separates contact point 77 and7 8 and stops the motor,

.crate bell-crank 36 to release catch 22 from the foot rest and permitthe latter to rise. The release of catch 22 also moves guide 20 out frombeneath finger 18 so that the foot rest will be locked and cannot againbe depressed until a coin is inserted and the machine opcrated asbefore, The polishing liquid in the tank may be under pressure ifdesired to insure quick delivcry when the cock is opened, or the liquidmay flow by gravity preferred.

A great many changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof the parts described without departing from our invention, and hencewe do not re- The As the chain of gearing continues to turn, thestrictourselves to the precise details set forth but consider ourselves atliberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. The combination of a foot rest, movable brushes at opposite sides ofthe rest, means for moving said brushes laterally with relation to therest, a movable front brush,

' and means for moving the front brush toward the rest when the sidebrushes are away from the rest.

2. The combination of brushes, a shoe support movable toward and awayfrom the brushes, springs for opposing the movement of the supporttoward the brushes and for holding it normally away from the brushes,means for holding the support in position adjacent to the brushes. andmeans operative at a predetermined time for releasin}; the support fromsaid holding means.

3. The combination of brushes, :1 depressible foot rest normally raisedabove the brushes, a catch adapted to hold the rest depressed, catchreleasing mechanism. and means to operate theu'eleusing mechanism at apredetermined time after the rest becomes held by the catch.

4. The combination of a foot rest, opposite. side brushes. means formoving said brushes simultaneously toward and from the rest, a frontbrush movable in the direction of the length of the rest. and means formoving the front brush toward the rest as the side brushes move outwardtherefrom.

5. The combination of a foot rest, brushes at opposite sides of the restand movable in unison toward the foot rest and from the same, a frontbrush movable toward and from the rest into the paths of movement of theside brushes, and brush moving mechanisms adapted to cause the side andfront brushes to approach the rest alternately.

6. The combination of a foot rest, rotatable brushes at oppos'itesidesof the rest and movable in unison toward and from the same, a rotatablefront br'ush'movable toward and from the rest into the paths of movement,of the side brushes, brush rotating mechanism, and brush movingmechanisms adapted to move the side brushes toward the restsimultaneously with moving the front brush away from the rest and viceversa.

7. The combination of a foot rest, an upright frame in front of the restand mounted to swing in thedirection of the length of the rest, a brushmounting adapted to swing vertically on the frame and extendingtherefrom toward the foot rest, and a brush in the mounting.

8. The combination of a foot rest, -a brush mounting hinged to swingvertically, stop means for limiting the downward movement of themounting, means for moving the mounting toward and from the front of therest in the direction of the length of the latter, and a brush carriedby the mounting. g

9. The combination of a foot rest, a power shaft, an upright framehinged on the shaft to swing toward and from the rest, a shaft in thefree end of the frame, a brush mounting hinged to swing vertically onsaid shaft, :1 brush rotatable in the mounting, and gearing connectingsaid shafts and the brush.

10. The'combination of a foot rest, a brush carrier movable toward andfrom the rest, a brush an upright lever at its lower end engaging thecarrier, mechanism for oscillating the lever to move the carrier towardthe rest, and a spring for retracting the carrier.

11. The combination ofa foot rest, parallel horizontal power shafts atopposite sides of the rest, an upright frame mounted toswing-concentrically with relation to each shaft, a brush rotatablymounted in each frame, gearing connecting the shaft andbrush of eachframe, and frame swinging means.

12. The combination of a foot rest, frames at opposite sides of the restadapted to swing toward and from each other, a brush'carried by eachframe, and means for causing the frames normally to move toward eachother, intermittently operating mechanism for moving the frames apart,mechanism for holding the frames apart, and intermittently operatingframe releasing mechanism.

13. The combination of a foot rest, upright frames at op- &

posite sides thereof adapted to swing toward and from each other, abrush carried by each frame, transverse over' lapping bars secured tothe frames, means for causing the frames to normally swing toward eachother and depress 2e overlapping portions of the bars, a lever adaptedto raise the overlapping portions of the bars, and means forintermittently operating the lever.

14. The combination of a fixed upright, a foot rest, links pivoted toswing vertically on the upright and also pivoted to the rest whereby thelatter ls maintained in horizontal position, a spring for resistingdepression of the rest, and brushes to which the rest is adapted to belowered.

15. The combination of a fixed upright, a foot rest, links pivoted toswing vertically on the upright and also pivoted to the rest, a springfor resisting depression of the rest, a downwardly swinging fingerpivoted to one of the links, :1 stop adapted to be engaged by the fingerfor locking the rest in elevated position, means for disengaging thefinger from the stop, and brushes to which the rest is adapted to belowered.

16. The combination of a casing having a top opening, a depressiblespring-raised foot rest normally closing the opening. lock mechanism forsecuring the rest in raised position, lock releasing mechanism, andbrushes operative within the casing and to which the rest is adapted tobe depressed when unlocked.

17. In a shoe cleaning and shining machine, the combi: nation with acasing and shoe cleaning and shining mechanism therein, of a shoesupport in the upper portion of the casing, locking means for preventingthe downward movement of the shoe support and mechanism for releasingsaid locking means to permit the shoe support to lower to operativeposition and compel the operation of the shoe cleaning and shiningmechanism. 7

18. In :1 shoe cleaning and shining machine, the combination with acasing and shoe cleaning and shining mechanism therein, of a shoesupport normally closing an opening in the upper portion of the casing,locking mechanism holding the shoe support elevated, mechanism forreleasing the locking mechanism and setting the shoe cleaning andshining mechanism in operation, and automatic means for applying liquidpolish to a shoe on the support when the latter is moved down intooperative position.

19. In a shoe cleaning and shining machine, the combination with rotarybrushes, and a motor to drive the same,

of a shoe support, locking devices normally holding the shoe supportelevated out-of contact with the brushes.

, mechanism to release the locking mechanism to permit the shoe supportto be forced down to operative position and also start the motor, andautomatic mechanism for stopping the machine after a predetermined time.

20. In a shoe cleaning and shining machine.'the combination with rotaryshoe brushes, a motor to revolve the brushes, a liquid polish containingtank, and a pipe for conveying, said liquid to a point to be depositedon a shoe between the brushes, of a time wheel driven by the motor. anarm on the time wheel, a spring closed cock in the said pipe, a trip armon said cock in the path of the arm on the time wheel, trip mechanismoperated by the arm on the time wheel to stop the motor and operatingmechanism, and mechanism for starting the motor.

21. In a shoe polishing machine, the combination of a side brush movabletoward and from a shoe, a front brush. a support for the front brushmovable toward and from the shoe. means for causing the side brush toengage the shoe alternately with the front brush, and means actuated bythe front brush support as the front brush is being moved toward theshoe for moving the side brush away from the shoe.

22. [ha shoe polishing machine, the combination of opposite side brushesmovable toward and from each other. a support for the front brushmovable toward and from the side brushes, a spring for moving the sidebrushes toward each other, and mechanism actuated by the front brushsupport and operated by the latter as the front brush approaches theside brushes to move the side brushes away from each other.

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH M. YVOLKOSKY. -FRANK MAGIDSON.

SAMUEL IItlN'lZ. ABRAHAM \VOLKOSKY.

Witnesses for J. M. Wolkosky and Frank Magidson:

S. W. Fos'rna, R. S. Fnnonson.

Witnesses for Printz and Abraham Woikosky BAnNnr ABRAMS, Amma'r M.Sno'r'rs.

